The current scenario of air pollution culminating in an environmental catastrophe seen across the capital city and state of Delhi, its neighbouring areas and across most urban spaces in India raises some key questions on the government’s approach to ensuring citizens’...
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Honor Vets, Military by Cutting Military and Nation’s Dependence on Oil – Erb Alumni Joe Tate, Detroit Free Press
More than 200,000 military veterans live throughout Southeast Michigan. These men and women who reside among us today have fought on behalf of our nation in military campaigns stretching as far back as World War II over 75 years ago. On Veterans Day, we want to honor...
Erb Faculty Director, Joe Arvai quoted in “Scott Pruitt’s Plot to Sabotage Science at the EPA” – New Republic
Pruitt’s faulty logic—or lack of it entirely—hasn’t gone unnoticed. Former Science Advisory Board member Joe Arvai, whose six-year term expired in late September, was bewildered. “Not only is Mr. Pruitt a hypocrite, he’s a coward,” said Arvai, who is currently the...
Erb Faculty Director, Joe Árvai Quoted in Think Progress on Scott Pruitt and EPA
“He is recomposing what science advice at the EPA looks like,” Joe Árvai, director of the Erb Institute at the University of Michigan and former Science Advisory Board member, told ThinkProgress. “When he asks science advisers to weigh in on matters that will be of...
Erb Faculty, Andy Hoffman Quoted in Article: “Can Pop Culture Fight Climate Change?”
"'There's only so far scientists can go in presenting data and appealing to people's rational intellect,' Andrew Hoffman, author of 'How Culture Shapes the Climate Change Debate,' told DW. 'To touch people's hearts, the key is to be able to tell stories – stories of...
Moving the Circular Economy from Concept to Business Strategy and Operations – The Conference Board
"The circular economy is not an entirely new concept, but it is presently at a major inflection point. Its intellectual roots emerged from early ideas and practices of recycling and pollution prevention, life cycle analysis, eco-efficiency assessments and analysis of...
Climate Debate and the McKibben Effect – New Research by Erb Faculty, Hoffman and former Erb Postdoc, Schifeling
Is there a McKibben Effect — a radical flank effect on the US climate debate? And is it positive or negative? - Vox (Abridged version of Vox article) New research by Todd Schifeling, former Erb-Institute Postdoctoral fellow (of Temple University) and Andy Hoffman (Erb...
Why You Need Both a Picture and a Thousand Words
This article is based on the white paper “A Picture and a Thousand Words?: Combining Both for Success in Public Debate,” by former Erb Institute postdoctoral researcher Lianne Lefsrud. "To be heard in many public debates, you may need more than the proverbial picture...
Ross School of Business makes Top 7 list in CleanTech – BusinessBecause
"Managing Director Terry Nelidov: “[Erb] is situated at the nexus between business, environment, and society. [Students] learn sustainability by actually doing it, out in farms, factories, supply chains, and corporate offices—here in the US and abroad. [We prepare]...
Erb Institute faculty member, Andy Hoffman offers insights on Climate Change Communications – ekolist.cz
People have to understand that the effects of global warming will affect their lives and hit their wallets. When a big drought strikes or a hurricane passes through the region, [they] suddenly will understand the impact. However, these changes must primarily affect...